Walking around the edge of the trail that loops around Busa farm and the water I also spied a woodpecker. It looked like it could have been a Red Headed, Melanerpes erythrocephalus.

It also was quite a pleasant day. Early fall coolness, a bit a blustery wind kicking up now and again and that fall kind of crispness that makes me think of pumpkin pie.

As for the birds I do not have much to say. I was out in the woods twice in the last week but they were as much mental health walks as bird walks. Many things have left the area and I suspect there are those few northern things that spend the winter here starting to arrive. October is a month of lots of movement for the migrants, even though many get a start or even finish in September.

One of the things I am working hard at in my birding is to get better at birding by ear. The good thing I like about this is I can be riding in my car, listening to calls and the explanations. This means I don’t have to always get out in the field to be able to build up my birding skills.

My hope is to get out in the field next week. There is not a lot of stuff going on here since it is early fall but it is never a bad idea to be outside.